The Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for signing an agreement between Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), aiming to increase security cooperation between the 2 countries to control crimes. The deal will be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh...
Iraqi officials say three car bombings in the revered Shiite shrine city of Karbala have killed at least 16 people. A police officer said Monday that the explosives-laden cars were parked in commercial areas and parking lots near government offices....
Officials say insurgents have attacked several army checkpoints in eastern and southern Afghanistan, killing at least four troops and wounding several people. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which happened Sunday, but the Taliban have stepped up assaults...
Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after the prime minister intervened. The government department that runs Parliament House announced earlier this month that ‘persons with facial coverings’ would no longer...
Country's entrepreneurs want to uphold Bangladesh as a lucrative business hub and highlight its increasing economic diversity through the 3rd ‘Showcase Bangladesh-2014’ to be held in Malaysia on Nov 14-16. Apart from branding Bangladesh abroad, the trade show will help...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to formally inaugurate the increased gas supply from Bibiyana field next month. According to official sources, Chevron has recently completed its Bibiyana gas field expansion project that was launched 2 years ago aiming to...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has said that check post will be set up at all entry points in the country to detect Ebola virus. ‘A total of 25 team are working to detect Ebola virus infected patients...
At least 32 people have been killed in a head-on collision between two buses at Boraigram Upazila in Natore district. Bonpara Highway Police OC Fuad Hossain, local and hospital sources said 32 people were killed in the crash at Razzak...
China Mobile Ltd.'s nine-month net profit fell 9.7%, weighed down by stiff competition and the carrier's increased investments in its network. The world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers has been hit by the government's continued efforts to reform state-controlled companies...
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is on course to lose over $1 billion on IBM shares IBM, -6.89% Monday, after the technology company reported disappointing third-quarter results and said it would transfer its semiconductor operations to Globalfoundries Inc. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway...
Indonesia's Joko Widodo took over as president of the world's third-largest democracy Monday with supporters' hopes high but pressing economic problems and sceptical rivals set to test the former furniture businessman, according to a news agency. Widodo's narrow victory over...
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, are expecting their second child in April next year, Kensington Palace said Monday. The pregnancy had already been announced but the due date had not been released, BBC reported....
Turkey said on Monday it would allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to reinforce fellow Kurds in the Syrian border town of Kobani, while the United States air-dropped arms for the first time to help the defenders resist an Islamic State assault,...
TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suffered a double setback Monday with the resignations of two female cabinet ministers over claims they misused political funds, dealing a blow to his proclaimed gender reform drive. Industry minister Yuko Obuchi and justice...
In pleasant news for the hearing impaired, researchers have developed a new app called Transcense which transcribes speech into written words that consequently show up on the smartphone screen. Transcense is the brainchild of four graduate students from the University...
India has transferred another tranche of its promised $200 million grants to Bangladesh. India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran handed over $25 million, the fourth tranche of the grants, to Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Monday. With this,...
The European Union commissioner on labour issues has said Bangladesh has made “encouraging progress” on post-Rana Plaza factory safety and labour rights issues, but more needs to be done. Commissioner László Andor made the remarks at the opening of the...
NATORE: At least 34 people were killed and over 25 others injured in a fatal road crash at Razzak intersection on Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Baraigram upazila Monday afternoon. The deceased could not yet be identified. However, most of the deceased...
RANGPUR, Oct 19 (BSS): The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) has successfully alleviated extreme poverty bringing fortune to 1.20 lakh have-nots group char families living in the riverine char islands on the Brahmaputra basin. Under the comprehensive livelihoods development programme, the...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 19 (BSS): Proper and sustainable management has become an urgent need to save mango flower and fruit from premature dropping as the gardeners and businessmen suffer a lot due to the problem, scientists and researchers at a project...
BAGERHAT, Oct 19 (UNB): While the Sundarbans is gradually turning to be a hostile habitat for the wildlife because of its changing environment, the hunting of wild animals is keeping abreast with it, making the conservation of the forest harder...
SYLHET, Oct 19 (UNB): Several hours into the enforcement, Sylhet Road Transport Workers' Union on Sunday afternoon postponed its indefinite transport strike in the district until November 5. The decision to postpone the strike came at a meeting between the...
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KHULNA, Oct 19: Four persons were killed in separate incidents in Khulna and Bagerhat Saturday. The deceased were identified as Jalil Akon alias Gadu (30) of Kharder area of Bagerhat town, a construction worker of the area, Julfiker Ali Bhutto...
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PABNA, Oct 19: A traditional boat race was held on the Chalan Beel, the biggest waterbody in the northern region on Sunday afternoon. Two villages, Kukragari and Islampur of Chatmohar Upazila, jointly arranged the boat race at Bualmaria area under...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 19 (UNB): A minor boy and a woman were killed in separate road accidents in Belkuchi and Salonga upazilas on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Ahmad Ali, 7, son of Abdus Salam of Naggati village of Belkuchi...
RANGPUR, Oct 19 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting here have stressed for launching social movement against social erosion, 'fatwa', unhealthy culture, drug abuse, gambling, repression, rape and violence against women and human trafficking. They demanded for bringing an end to...
GAZIPUR, Oct 19 (UNB): A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her husband over a family feud in Mogorkhal area of the city on Sunday early morning. Identified as Sharifa Begum Sumi, wife of Newaz Sharif, the deceased used...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 19 (UNB): Police recovered strangulated body of a disabled boy in sadar upazila on Saturday morning two days after his going missing. The deceased was identified as Sohan, 9, son of Aynal Haque, a resident of Khamargati village....
Zimbabwe have made a poor start in the three-day warm up match against the BCB XI. Electing to bat, the visitors were restricted to 241 at the Fatulla Khan Shaheb Osmani Stadium Monday. The Africans were troubled by the BCB...
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